egregiouslyadv.
/ᵻˈɡriːdʒəsli/, U.S. /əˈɡridʒəsli/, /iˈɡridʒəsli/ In an egregious manner; spec. (a) (with negative meaning) in a conspicuously bad or wrong way, flagrantly; †(b) (with positive meaning) remarkably well, excellently (obsolete).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adverb]
egregiously1553
hyperbolically1555
overreachingly1571
hyperbolicly1596
overlashinglya1613
superlativelyc1615
exaggerately1646
theatrically1647
fulsomely1657
fancifully1801
exaggeratedly1854
exaggeratively1856
exaggeratingly1858
over the top1935
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
tip-top1888
like one o'clock1901
deevily1905
goodo1907
dandy1908
bonzer1914
great1916
juicily1916
corkingly1917
champion1925
unbeatably1928
snodger1946
beaut1953
smashingly1956
groovily1970
awesome1984
1553 R. Horne tr. J. Calvin Certaine Homilies i. sig. Dviii I wil not saie yt thei lye egregiously [Fr. Ie laisse a dire qu'ils ne font que mentir], when thei alege soch men as thei do for the defence of their cause.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1294/1 Here haue I blotted your paper vainly, and played the foole egregiously.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 36 The French egregiously dissembled a desire of peace.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xix. 156 Whom he had seen to act his part most egregiously upon the Stage.
1750 Student 2 No. 2. 42 This Humbug..is a fine make-weight in conversation, and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it.
1767 R. Brown Let. 22 Oct. in F. A. Pottle Boswell in Holland (1952) 364 I may be mistaken; but if I am not egregiously so, [etc.].
1833 T. S. Fay Crayon Sketches I. 201 If any musical man expect, from the title to this, a learned article, he will be egregiously disappointed.
1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. ix. 249 Well aware..that he was trespassing egregiously.
1965 W. Percy Failure & Hope in Katallagete No. 2. 19/1 The Christians by and large egregiously sinned against their own commandments.
2005 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 22/2 She was, for the first time, considered outstandingly talented and not egregiously hopeless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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